matthewarkin @matthewarkin

Seattle, FinTech (Braintree/PayPal, ex-Stripe, ex-Braintree), 🏳️‍🌈 @[email protected] mattarkin.com Seattle, WA Joined November 2008

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

3 weeks ago

Vibe coded a new personal site with Claude Code today, it’s front-end and design skills definitely exceeding Codex. Explore the retro mainframe, payments, and ISO8583 vibes here: mattarkin.com

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Woohoo @AlaskaAir Incoming plane had maintenance issue and they cancelled the incoming flight, after a few hour delay we got a replacement plane. Boarded that plane and now they can’t get the door closed so we’re waiting for a new plane. Odds of leaving Vegas tonight feeling…

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

Good morning Las Vegas! Loving the @RioVegas pool!

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

A friend in healthcare mentioned he didn’t really know what happened in meetings and i told him this: For an hour long meeting: 5 minutes random conversation 20 minutes summarizing back story/what was discussed in the last meeting/basically unnecessary filler 5 minutes start to…

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

So how do I send China the bill for my tariffs?

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

If you get a free cruise from gambling so much on the @itsvegasmatt cruise, did you really lose or did you just prepay for the next one?

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

OMG ARE WE ACTUALLY GETTING A CAR FREE PIKE PLACE!? seattletimes.com/seattle-news/t…

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

5 months ago

Anyone know of any banks that essentially support creating accounts via oauth? I want to make some software for small HOAs and include some banking related features but don’t necessarily want to have those accounts within my hierarchy (eg if I decide to close up shop people can…

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

8 months ago

Rough day for me and @AlaskaAir, flight cancelled, got rebooked, downgraded from first to economy, and apparently my bag somehow didn’t make my flight. Can’t blame them too much given LAS is a mess with weather and I still made it to Vegas but rough

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

9 months ago

I built a little chrome extension to make our team's github experience a little better and its amazing what a difference a couple of hours coding can make to developer productivity. No more wondering why a team was tagged to review a PR, no needing to click into CI to see what…

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

9 months ago

Happy NY Vegas

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

10 months ago

The community notes know that nearly all cruise ships in the US are not US flagged ships right? The reason every cruise makes a stop in a foreign port, even Alaska or West Coast cruises is because only US flagged ships are allowed to sail exclusively between US ports. Foreign…

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10 months ago

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

11 months ago

"Director of the Office for Government Ethics" so we already have a DOGE?

Chuck Schumer @SenSchumer

11 months ago

"Director of the Office for Government Ethics" so we already have a DOGE?

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

11 months ago

So… remember in 2020 how Trump had a big plan to steal the election? Can we try that?

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

11 months ago

Given a lack of a US federal identification system and that we still haven’t fully rolled out IDs compliant with the 2005 REAL ID act, how are we supposed to have voter ID laws and not disenfranchise tons of voters?

Elon Musk @elonmusk

12 months ago

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matthewarkin @matthewarkin

12 months ago

Me: I'll buy two tickets to this festival that's 9 months away, I'll probably have a date to bring by then. *fast forward 8 months* Me: So who wants to go to Vegas to see some emo music in a few weeks?